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In Qatar, migrant workers were forced to run a “megamarathon” in jeans and flip-flops in a demonstration of the state’s competence ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The connection between forcing wage slaves to run a marathon and a country’s suitability for an international sports competition. (The Daily Beast)
Senator Dianne Feinstein has called for the infamous Anarchist’s Cookbook, which features bomb and drug-making recipes, to be removed from the Internet. (Ars Technica)
A California court has ruled that teaching yoga in public schools does not constitute a violation of students’ religious freedom. The plaintiff in the case had argued that yoga was a gateway to Hinduism. (Al Jazeera)
In a rare bit of ISIS-related good news, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were able to halt the militant group’s advance before it reached an historic Christian monastery and its extensive collection of ancient religious texts. (AP)
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@Truly I saw Cristen Kromm smiling after the concert. She won.
@Anonymous How was it? (I don’t now because I went to the zoo instead…)
@Anonymous Peshmerga*
@Henry Litwhiler You’re right! As you no doubt noticed, the article itself made the same mistake. We’ve corrected our post accordingly.